Select Local Merchants

Crane and Pelican Cafe in Le Claire offers flavorful eats and tasty desserts.
The chefs at Crane and Pelican Cafe know how to prepare tasty, gluten-free and low-fat meals.
Take your pick of beer, wine, or other beverages offered on Crane and Pelican Cafe's menu.
Large groups will appreciate Crane and Pelican Cafe for its ability to seat them quickly.
Be sure to make reservations so you can get seated right away.
Crane and Pelican Cafe is completely informal — dress as you see fit (and are most comfortable).
Dining out isn't your only option here — pickup is available, too.
At Crane and Pelican Cafe, you can find nearby options for both street and lot parking.
Travel by bike to Crane and Pelican Cafe and store your bike at a nearby rack.
A meal at Crane and Pelican Cafe will typically set you back about $30.

Old Chicago is a fantastic spot to grab a quick slice.
Low-fat foods are not on the menu at Old Chicago, though, so plan to indulge a bit.
Old Chicago also provides alcohol, so diners don't have to worry about bringing their own bottle.
Tots and tykes will be right at home at Old Chicago with its kid-approved food and ambience.
Gather up your group of friends and head to Old Chicago, a local restaurant that has room for large groups.
Stay in the loop (and online!) by tapping into Old Chicago's free wifi hotspot.
The pizzeria's noise level can be somewhat straining on the vocal cords, so intimate get-togethers may be best enjoyed elsewhere.
For those in a hurry, the pizzeria lets you take your meal or snack to go.
Commute by bike to Old Chicago and find easy bike parking.
When you need great food that is not going to cost an arm and a leg, stop by Old Chicago.

Art & More provides a plethora of options for Hawkeyes fans to display their devotion without resorting to elaborate Alan Alda tattoos. Hang a locker-room jersey print on a wall or coat rack ($29.99), or spot yourself in the crowd of the Kinnick Stadium triple-view print ($24.99). Baseball, basketball, and racing fans can find abode adornments at Art & More, as can the non-athletically inclined, with architecture, humor, inspirational, vintage, and movie prints also available. Art & More will custom frame any artwork for an additional fee, saving the trouble of licking the backs of posters before pasting them on envelope-thin walls.

A nationally respected decluttering outfit that’s been buzzed about on Dr. Phil and CNBC, 1-800-Got-Junk? hauls away any unwanteds that can be lifted by two able-bodied picker-uppers. After booking your appointment by calling on the phone or lighting your rooftop trash beacon, an expert team arrives at your home in timely fashion to survey the loot and give an estimate based on volume. Flat fees are assessed per truckload, starting from $134 for an eighth of an 8'x10' truckload and increasing incrementally to $478 for a full load.
Click here for a full list of the items that qualify for removal.

For more than 60 years, Toys“R”Us has been helping kids be kids and grown-ups to revisit their childhoods by providing one of the largest selections of top-brand toys, electronics, games and everyday baby essentials. Founder, Charles Lazarus, revolutionized the toy business by modeling his stores after supermarkets, providing a variety of options to suit varying ages and interests and offering customers to help themselves and have fun in the process. Today, that sense of playfulness is evident at nearly 600 stores in the United States alone, including a flagship location in Times Square where kids are greeted by a 60-foot Ferris wheel, a 5-ton animatronic T-Rex, and a life-sized, 4,000-square-foot Barbie house.
Beyond everybody's favorite bikes, trains and video games, each Toys“R”Us store keeps its shelves stocked with the season’s must-have toys as well as nostalgic standbys that never go out of style. Time-tested brands such as LEGO, Radio Flyer, NERF and Fisher-Price share the shelves with an expansive selection of electronics for older kids, including Wii U and tablets. And though the company has inspired generations of boys and girls to try their hardest not to grow up, it also strives to ensure budding brains develop right on track by devoting a significant portion of its stores to “smart-play” with a wide selection of electronic learning toys and software.
Toys“R”Us—whose extended family of brands includes Babies“R”Us and FAO Schwarz—has earned a number of awards and recognitions through the years, including a spot on Fortune’s list of the World’s Most Admired Companies in 2012. The company has also drawn considerable recognition for its expansive charitable efforts, which include partnerships with the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation and Save the Children. This year also marks the tenth consecutive year that the company has partnered with the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation to collect new, unwrapped toys and monetary donations in its stores to benefit the organization.

With more than 386 locations dotting North America, JCPenney Optical's ubiquity is matched only by its extensive selection of contact lenses and designer frames that includes brands such as Armani Exchange, Liz Claiborne, and Nicole Miller. Despite this wide reach, all lenses are cut at the same optical laboratory, ensuring a consistency of quality and a pretty good idea of where to look if your glasses run away from home. Each location has an independent state-licensed doctor of optometry, who can perform vision exams and help clients determine which type of vision correction will work best.